suspect had a weapon but we don't know if that weapon was a gun allegedly or what was allegedly used. investigators have not explained why the officer fired his gun killing the suspect. now we're going to hear from alexandria's police chief. >> it was indeed a domestic that was going on. several things were happening during the domestic, there seemed to be some contention within the family there. and then the officers were confronted by a gentleman, and then we ended up with a shooting. what happens now officers are being interviewed like they normally would in an investigation after those interviews they will be placed on administrative leave for the duration of the investigation. >> reporter: now police have not released the suspect's name. we'll bring you more information as it becomes available. follow us on twitter @nbcwashington. live here in alexandria, i'm shomari stone. we have a developing story right now on that nightmare

cruise on the carnival "triumph." tonight the u.s. coast guard says a faulty fuel oil line caused the fire on board that knocked out the ship's engine. fuel sprayed on the a hot surface and that caught fire. that disabled ship stuck in the gulf of mexico for days, it left passengers with no air conditioning and incredibly unsanitary conditions. several passengers have filed lawsuits and a final report on that fire is still months away. >> a 6-year-old saves the day after fire rips through a building this morning. officials were told about the blaze just before 9:00. it caused extensive damage. two townhouses and minor damage to three others. officials say it was a 6-year-old who was visiting from out of town who was the hero. >> just before the fire alarms activated and just before the navy lodge called the emergency communication center a 6-year-old child who was a visitor at one of the units noticed the smoke and woke

everyone else up in that particular residential unit. >> five families had to be moved out of their housing on base because of that damage. one firefighter also suffered minor injuries. we still don't know what caused the fire. the sun is out but it didn't help warm things up around here and we're looking ahead to another change in our weather that starts tomorrow. >> get ready. doug joins us now. >> that picture will look different by tomorrow afternoon. we're talking about clouds and rain that will make its way into region. temperatures once again on the cold side. after a cold weekend many of you stayed in the 30s all day. right now washington the highest we've been all day at 42. fredericksburg 46 degrees. we're not having any rain right now, none overnight. as you look back to the west notice what's coming. there's rain and some strong storms down towards the west too. couple severe thunderstorm warnings even a tornado warning right now in portions of arkansas. that whole storm system will

move our way and eventually affect us. overnight tonight you'll be fine through 11:00 tonight temperatures dipping down close to the franklin park. bierly tomorrow morning, temperatures around 35. the bulk of the precipitation until after 8:00 or 9:00. i'll show you when it moves in. what to expect. some of us may be seeing freezing rain or snow to start off. we'll talk about who has the best chance to see that want. plus what's coming next in the forecast. some amazing video coming into news 4 live desk right now. our sister station in new york city flying over the scene. this is from yonkers, new york. 10 miles north of central park. at this point as we understand it every firefighter in yonkers is on scene at this fire. they are getting these flames under control as we speak. no one was hurt. there's some sort of an air

duct, if you will that runs from the basement to the roof of this building and that's what carried the fire through the building. every apartment in that building affected although we're hearing at this point no people have been injured as a result of this fire one yonkers, new york but awful video to see there. if there's any new information we'll bring it to you. i'm aaron gilchrist. we are edging closer to the march 1st deadline. it will bring massive use in defense spending and if it hits virginia will suffer the most. governor bob mcdonnell surging president obama and congress to take immediate action to prevent the so-called sequester. the governor is calling the cuts a blunt and unnecessary instrument that could devastate national security and force states into recession. virginia has heavy amount of military assets. maryland is home to thousands of

federal workers. in montgomery's borders there's about 47,000 workers. in howard about 50,000. in prince george's county at least 71,000 county residents could be affected by the so-called sequestration. the county executives from howard, montgomery and prince george's are planning a press conference tomorrow to discuss how these budget cuts could be devastating here in our area. presidents' day tradition marches through the streets of old town alexandria today, welcome to the 90th annual george washington parade. it dates all the way back to 1923. this year's parade featured bands, floats and historic re-enactmens. many historic sights in old town opened free of charge in honor of the presidents' day holiday. huge crowds in mount vernon as people celebrated the holiday. it was also free to get in there today. folks took pictures with re-enactors who shared stories from washington's time. they saw washington's personal

copy of the constitution. complete with handwritten notes. this holiday drivers are shelling out more money at the gas station. prices jumped 16 cents from a week ago here in d.c. to $3.94 a gallon. in madd the drivers are paying 3.74 and in virginia $3.61. transportation reporter adam tuss live in tysons corner with how these prices are changing how people are getting around. adam? >> reporter: the question is this. at what point do these sky-high gas prices change the way how you get around. we're learning tonight some drivers have already hit their tipping point. >> seeing how high everything was going and knowing that a commute is looming was a big push. >> reporter: jenna and sean are moving out of d.c. into the suburbs. that means a longer commute and more time sitting in traffic.

they call the recent spike to $4 a gallon for gas eye-opening and today they came to the car dealership to pick up a hybrid vehicle. >> you got to get rid of that car that's only getting 30 miles to the gallon. >> reporter: every time you turn around you're staring at another 4 on the board. in bethesda we saw regular going for $4.69. the station sat empty for a long time in the middle of the afternoon. what's the reason for the recent spike? aaa mid-atlantic says crude oil prices are high and supply success limited because of seasonal maintenance work but the bottom line is prices are up and when the price gets this high the demand for fuel-efficient cars climbs as well. >> every time it's gone over $4 a gallon we see the people, the potential buyers increase. >> reporter: here at koons toyota we saw several hybrids pull off the lot.

will this price be enough for you to take metro? will this price get to you ride a bike? will this price be enough to get to you walk. some drivers simply say yes. >> right now $4.19. >> reporter: now here's a scary thought. aaa say we see the lowest prices the year during the winter months. reporting live, tysons corner. >> the music industrying tonight is mourning the loss of mindy mccready. police found the country singer dead outside of her home yesterday in arkansas. today her ex-boyfriend is questioning a decision that released mccready from rehab. he says she threatened to take her life earlier this month after losing custody of one of her sons. investigators believe mccready shot herself. >> the l.a. lakers basketball fans are mourning the loss of the man who brought them ten nba championships. jerry bus died this morning.

bus has owned the lakers since 1979. he also purchased the kings hockey team and the los angeles forum the same year. in recent years bus had turned a lot of the day-to-day operations of the lakers to his son. bus was 80 years old. i'm aaron gilchrist. we're just getting some awful pictures in from new jersey from hamilton township, new jersey pap school bus accident where some students were hurt. you can see the bus there that is lying on its side in a ditch. essentially the driver apparently tried to swerve to avoid hitting a deer and ended up in the ditch where you see it. we know at least six kids were injured in this accident. we assume that second school bus is transporting some children who were not injured. the bus was headed home from a private school there in the area loaded with fourth through eighth graders. six students injured in the school bus accident in hamilton

township, new jersey. we don't know about the condition of the bus driver at this point. but as you might imagine parents are concerned. some rushed to the scene there. six kids with minor injuries in new jersey. that's the latest from the news 4 live desk. i'm aaron gilchrist. he worked to help others but the driver who ran over this 20-year-old man in d.c. never stopped to help him. hear a mother's plea coming up. plus how much access should police have to those private security cameras? it's a debate that may soon become more than just talk. and some people are shelling out some big bucks at the grocery for extra-virgin olive oil. news 4 is working for you

cameras seem to be every where. keeping an eye out for suspicious activity. a new proposal in d.c. will give police real-time access from any private security cameras. >> this plan aims to boost crime fighting. news 4 tom sherwood shows us why it's raising questions about personal privacy. >> reporter: d.c. police routinely post private video on

youtube to help search for suspects or persons of interest in crimes. tommy wells chairman of the judiciary wants police to access private security cameras any time in real-time not just when a crime is committed. >> we have too many restrictions that don't allow police to detect crime in real-time. >> reporter: routine police access to them prompt ad variety of opinions. >> i think that security is important but i think that, you know, also privacy should be considered a priority as well. you want to make sure that one's right to privacy isn't trampled upon. >> what about the privacy rights you should walk the streets without being tracked by the police. >> safety comes first. it gives citizens a sense of safeness but no one likes to be watched at all times. >> reporter: without his knowledge news 4 separately recorded wells on a public space

on a security camera. wells was surprised but insistent. >> we were recording the whole time on that camera. do you have anything to say? tom, if i were mugging you, and the police were watching that camera i would not be able to get away. >> reporter: council member wells said he planned to introduce his legislation on tuesday but at the request of mayor gray he's going delay for ten days to possibly revise parts of the bill. in the district, tom sherwood, news 4. the american civil liberties union is raising questions about this new surveillance plan. tom will have more on that at 6:00. smile cold out there but we have some clouds rolling in. >> clouds rolling in. tomorrow is the warmest day we'll see in the next seven days. but it's also going to come with some rain. you need the umbrella. very windy. although we'll be warmer after a very cold three days, cold on saturday, yesterday was just frigid with those wind chills and the teens and low 20s all day long and today even with the sunshine it's been on the cold

side. taking a look out at the potomac towards national harbor it looks pretty. it looked quite nice. but temperatures mostly in thor 30s to lower 40s and now we're talking about winds gusting up to 13 to 20 miles per hour. 20 mile-per-hour wind gusts with 42 degree temperature wind chill around 30 to 32 degrees. again we're looking at a very cool evening even though we've had some sunshine. sun going down in the next 20 minutes. 39 in gaithersburg. 39 in frederick. 45 manassas. the warm spot is sitting at 48 trees in culpeper. guess where the cool spot is. along the bay, the chesapeake bay very cold and we're sitting at 36 degrees in annapolis, 36 down towards cambridge. on the radar picture nothing to show. watch what happens when we widen out. we have a big storm system making its way through the country. a lot of severe weather with this thunderstorm activity. severe thunderstorm warnings one tornado warning in southern portion of arkansas.

this storm will move our way. the severe weather will not come along with it and that's good news for us. what we'll see is the potential for some rain. it's not going start tonight. here we go tonight around 11:00. we're on the dry side. high clouds moving in but that's about it. tomorrow around 10:00 a.m. washington on the dry side. back towards i-81 this is where we'll start to see the rain. if temperatures are cold enough along i-81 corridor this could start out as freezing rain, sleet or snow. not going to amount top of at all and really shouldn't last that long as warm air is starting to race ahead of this. we'll see rainy conditions all day long tomorrow and rain will pull out along tomorrow afternoon's rush hour. we'll see a time period between 10:00 and 5:00 that we'll see rain. most of it should be on the light to moderate side. something else tomorrow is rather windy conditions. winds fwufting up to 25 to 30 mile-per-hour. same deal on wednesday. but on wednesday our winds of 25

to 35 miles per hour means something completely different. the cold settles back in and that means wind chills will be quite cold. wind chills on wednesday will be in the 20s all day long for most of us so we're talking about a fairly cold period once again. tomorrow morning increasing clouds, cool, dry for most. temperatures 27 to 33. a dry rush hour. tomorrow afternoon temperatures up from where they are today. 47 to 52 but with showers likely becoming windy and even though we're around 50 degrees with showers that's still a fairly cool afternoon. winds gusting upwards of 35 miles per hour during the day tomorrow helping to usher in warmer air. behind it here comes the colder air with a high of 36 on wednesday. 38 on thursday. 39 on friday. and that could be interest go to. maybe a little rain/snow mix on friday before it changes to all rain on saturday. saturday looking like a very wet, very chilly day. high of only 40. we rebound a little bit temperature wise late into the weekend. no real big storms that's the

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teenager any longer but certainly still a baseball phenom. >> bryce harper ready for year number two with the nats. dan hellie brings us the story live from florida. hi, dan. >> reporter: he's gained ten pounds of muscle. might be the strongest guy on the team. watching batting practice for the last few days, nobody hibts it further than bryce harper. all-star at 19 years old. he's hoping for more from himself this year and for his team. >> as good as last season was four, my guess is knowing your competitive nature you feel you left something on the table?

>> yeah. you know, i think you always can do better. you can do things every single year that's different. you can try to perfect your game even more. coming to spring training this year i'll try to get better in the outfield in baserunning and hitting. and i'll work as hard as i can. last year i think we all left something on the table. that last game hurt us. we don't want to feel that any more. hopefully we can come in this year and really try to get it. >> the team fell short of the world series last season but harper had what some called the most historic season by a teenager in major league baseball history. his real strength according to teammates has nothing to do with his physical abilities at all. >> what people don't get to see or understand is the mental side authenticate has. for his age he's years ahead as far as making adjustments during the game, pitch to pitch.

looking at video. working to become better. and, you know, he wants to be the best player, and obviously has the tools and athleticism to do that. you have ups and downs through the season. you have to know how to deal with those. last year was a good test for him to get into that and learn how to deal with failure. honestly he's never failed in his life before. for him to go through that and get some experience and learn, he's got a chance to be one of the best players in the game. >> bryce has done more than enough to garage terrify respect of the entire team and perhaps no player has more of an influence on the kid than fellow outfielder jason wirth who is 13 years his season. >> i love wirth. he's one of my favorite guys on the team. sorry to everybody else but i love wirth. he's fun to play with. fun to be around.

he took me under his wing and showed me troeps. he's a guy that, you know, i can give a lot of credit to for last year. i think he likes me. >> he loves to bust your chops. he said i'm playing right field, you put the kid in left he hasn't hit cut off man in two years. he loves that stuff. >> he does. he messes with me all the time. he sends me one liner texts. all right i hate you. it's fun. wirth is an unbelievable guy. he knows the game. knows what he's doing. has a fire and a passion. he plays better in playoffs than anybody else. he's a lot of fun to watch. >> reporter: coming up at 6:00 we relay harper's comments to wirth and we'll have wirth's reaction. and soriano in the bull pen. we'll show you how he looked. little milo is headed to

trial. it's what this dog did that has neighbors at odds. >> someone is coming to the sense of the blade runner who is charged with murdering his model girlfriend. we could be on the verge of finding out why police think he did it. >> for the fourth time in a week a pedestrian has

in fairfax police and firefighters both at the scene of an apartment fire in reston.

after they learned that a woman was found dead inside and could be the virtually foul play. they are investigating it as a homicide. this blaze broke out about 6:30 this morning in the 12000 block of waterside view drive in a second floor apartment. after forcing their way inside firefighters found the victim. they have not released her name. word tonight charges are being dropped against a fifth grader who took a toy gun to school. the child was arrested two weeks ago at douglas macarthur elementary in alexandria. northern bureau chief talked to the child's mother about the ordeal. >> words cannot explain when you have to watch your child being questioned by people about a toy gun. >> reporter: this alexandria mother still tears up when she recalls the frightening confusing events of february 5th when she arrived at her 10-year-old son's elementary school to find he had been taken into police custody for having a

toy gun on the school bus the day before and in his backpack that morning. rear not identifying his mother. she's quick to explain she doesn't think her son is without blame and she acknowledges the heightened sensitivity in the wake of the sandy hook shootings. >> with the kids in the school and shootings, i definitely understand. i hold him responsible and i hope he understands that you cannot have these things in school. but in the same sense, you lock my son up for having a toy gun? >> reporter: this mother is especially troubled she was not immediately contacted the day before her son's arrest when another child saw the toy gun on the bus, told her mother who in turn reported to it school officials. she also says she should have been present when her fifth grader was questioned. >> she took it upon herself to investigate my son without my knowledge. because you knew monday afternoon. >> reporter: school district officials said they had difficulty contacting her.

this mother finally saw her son in court that afternoon, after he had been taken to juvenile detention and fingerprinted. she just got good news from the public defender's office. she said the charges are being dropped and her son's ten day suspension was cut to six. he's returned to a different elementary school. linebackers school officials have defend their handling of the incident saying they followed their discipline policy and the law. the boy's mother ain't say the very active fifth grader has put the incident behind them but worry it could still mark him as he gross up. >> you'll never know when it comes up whether it will be thrown in his face as a hark for him to be ashamed or embarrassed of. is it something later on or is this something in his life he'll have to explain over and over and over again. >> reporter: in alexandria. >> they are reviewing the actions taken. they say if any policy changes

are required, corrective steps will be taken as soon as possible. let's fast forward to our headlines pap domestic disturbance call in alexandria ended with police officers shooting a man to death this afternoon. at a complex in the 3400 block of duke street. police have only revealed the suspect confronted officers. they haven't given any details about what led to that shooting. >> president obama is wrapping up a three day golf weekend down in florida and congress is taking the entire week off. meanwhile the clock is tick being for thousands of workers in our region who could lose their jobs when the so-called sequester hits march 1st. local leaders are urging lawmakers to do something about it. >> gas prices are up in d.c. gas is $4.09 in d.c. aaa is blaming the hike on the price of crude and the seasonal maintenance work that occurs at some of those refineries.

take a look right now at the weather. not a bad day today although on the cold side. at least we saw some sunshine. take a look at this shot. wow. you see the high clouds streaming on in. those high clouds should make for a beautiful sunset. that's what we'll get today as we look off towards the washington monument. look at the radar. nothing around the d.c. area. but out towards the west, st. louis, memphis strong to severe thunderstorms. that whole storm system moving our way. i'll show you when it gets here, when it moves out and what comes in behind it. a wild couple of days. >> it's the fourth time in a week that a pedestrian has been killed crossing the street in our area and this time the driver kept going. >> this latest incident happened saturday night near the noma-gal did you tell metro station. we sit down with the victim's mother begging the person responsible to come forward. >> somebody please come forward and give us some kind of

information so we can have some closure. >> reporter: miss ross planned her son's funeral. >> a very loving child. he just loved life. liked to party. liked to dance. >> reporter: that's just where darnell ross was going on saturday night out to dance with his friends. designee just wanted to get out for the night because he hadn't been out in a while and he wanted to go out. >> reporter: the last thing he told his mom he taking the metro into the city to spend the night with some friends. >> last thing he said to me is i love you. then he had the accident. >> reporter: that final phone call came about 10:30 saturday night. the 20-year-old from upper marlboro was killed by a hit-and-run driver right outside the gal did you tell university metro stop in northeast d.c. ross was alone. place say he fell off the sidewalk and into the street. then a car hit him, ran him over

and just kept going. for the past three years ross worked for chi centers helping to take care of developmentally disabled people. >> it's very sad. it's i think a situation where we all are not sure why it had to happen. >> reporter: ross's mother is wondering the same thing. police are searching for a white buick. they hope to have more clues after reviewing security camera footage tomorrow. >> it doesn't make sense. i don't know if the driver could have been drunk, scared or whatever. i think he still could have stopped. >> reporter: in the district, news 4. police are offering a $2,000 reward for information about a college student's death that occurred this weekend. 21-year-old edmond st. clair was killed at the university of maryland's eastern shore campus saturday night. police say three or four people approached st. clair and his friends while in a car and a

fight broke out. st. clair was stabbed to death. he was a popular dee jay on campus. anyone who travels on i-66 in northern virginia knows just how congested kit get. the virginia department of transportation released a new report that identifies what improvements could be made to ease that congestion. among them create more lanes that would be open to all traffic. extend metro rail, light rail and vre train service from vienna to haymarket. make improvements to ease the choke points where traffic merges and provide more electronic signs along the highway that can be used to identify the alternate routes. v adopt said such improvements needed because growth in population and employment along that corridor are likely to make things worse in the coming years. new action is taken today against a man who slapped a toddler and use ad racial slur. why he's dealing with a lot more than just potential jail time.

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pistorius heads back to court tomorrow on murder charges. the double amputee is accused of killing his model girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. she was found shot to death in

the track star's home valentine's day. prosecutors are expected to lay out why they think pistorius allegedly committed the killing during his bail hearing tomorrow. his long time track coach says he believes the shooting was an accident. reeva steenkamp's funeral will be held tomorrow. >> hi-tech enforcement brings in millions but will we s red light cameras go away in our area. some experts say it should. >> reporter: blow through a red light in the greater d.c. area and you're likely to get caught on camera. red light cameras have popped up all over the place. in some local jurisdictions are in the process of putting in even more. tonight hear from the national traffic expert who says if the camera dose their jobs they should eventually put themselves out of business. because they will have changed the way you drive. we're going to show you what local police departments think about that and what's in store for the future of red light cameras in our area.

plus the news 4 iteam crunches the numbers. we'll see you then. there's a new plan to crack down on cell phone thefts in the district. it could start with some businesses being shut down. i'm liz crenshaw. extra-virgin olive oil. when you pay extra bucks for extra-virgin are you buying a food fraud? my story is coming up. >> a lot to talk about over the next couple of days. these are the wind chills for wednesday. 28 in washington. 23 in gaithersburg. all stations come over to mission a for a final go. this is for real this time. step seven point two one two. verify and lock. command is locked. five seconds. three, two, one.

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shut them down like bars. that's what a d.c. council member wants to do with businesses that sell stolen cell phones. >> jackie bensen joins us with the latest on this. >> reporter: there's been a new development in this just this afternoon. this was originally proposed as emergency 90-day legislation. but ward 6 council member tommy wells said he'll propose it as permanent law. >> this is a clear and present danger to the citizens of washington. >> reporter: d.c. council member tommy wells chair of the council's public safety committee and considering a run

for mayor says too many of his constituents are being robbed and seriously injured by people who want to steal their smartphones. he plans to introduce a bill that would allow the mayor to close a business found to be buying or selling stolen cell phones for cash. >> they will have the right appeal that decision in 72 hours. very similar when a restaurant is shut down for health code violations or when a bar is found to have a violent crime occur the police can shut them down. >> reporter: despite an intense police effort and dozens of arrest, robberies are up in some neighborhoods including the area around the stadium armory metro station. >> i try to be safe and not go outside. try to have common sense about it. i don't find myself walking to and from the metro. >> i come in from work at late but i keep my cell phone in my pocket. >> the police chief has pushed numerous measures to stop robberies by eliminating profit.

but she declined an interview about wells' february 9th tweet in which he named two d.c. locations of a national video game chain saying they were quote found to have hundreds of used cell phones all likely stolen from d.c. residents, unbelievable. the chief did release a statement to news 4 that said the metropolitan police department works closely with retailers and local businesses to ensure they are not unknowingly purchasing stolen items. police have described the scene as something like this. they say the robbers will mug someone, take their cell phone, run a couple of blocks away to sell the phone for money, come back and rob someone else again. frustrating to police, citizens and now part of new legislation. a spectacular sunset out there right now. doug kammerer is in the storm center with the latest on the clouds coming in. >> those high clouds streaming in ahead of the storm system.

it will bring us some rain. set upping at 42 degrees under high clouds. southwest winds at 13. wind chills already into the 20s and 30s in most locations. temperatures as we look hour by hour, 41 degrees in rockville, 39 in gaithersburg, 40 in camp springs. let's go up to germantown to montgomery county. hour by hour dropping to 34 around 8:00. dropping down to 33 degrees by 9:00. down to 30 degrees by 11:00. we'll drop fairly quickly with just the high clouds around the area. we'll see temperatures go back up towards tomorrow morning. the reason why? radar picture doesn't show it here but as we move out to the west this is where we see the reason why. we'll be noticing some winds that are going to make their way out of the southwest, upwards 15 to 35. it will be a very windy day and then the rain will move through. future weather around 9:15.

tomorrow morning's rush hour is okay but watch what happens around noon. everybody starting to see the rain moving in. this say round 1:00, 1:15. then it should move out of here by 5:00 in the afternoon. tomorrow afternoon's rush hour may not be that bad. just a little bit on the rainy side to start off with. 36 degrees on our wednesday. we mentioned the wind chills in the 20s all day on wednesday. 38 degrees on thursday. another storm moves in friday and into saturday. right now the most precipitation looks like it will fall on saturday. that one looks like that should be all rain. >> presidents' day is a very big deal to a 7-year-old boy in leesburg, virginia. the second grader knows more than many adults about those that served in our nation's highest office. the pint size historian even has some serious plans for his own future.

>> i want to read president books. >> two hobbies for a young man that loves all things president. melaki felder plans to become commander-in-chief in 2040 and his campaign promise is simple. >> i will make the world a better place. >> this second grader sports a suit for fun. his room red, white and blue. how many 7-year-olds do you know with a quarter of their bedroom dedicated to the president of the united states and their own subscription to "time" magazine. >> he's an old soul. he loves history. >> mom said her son's obsession with presidents started with money. >> every coin he would study it. and of course who was on the coins? are presidents. >> for his birthday party last year he had a unique request for his guests. >> get him coins or some president books and people are like are you forcing this on him. >> his favorite president, president barack obama. he even got a portugese water

dog just like the obamas have and he can recite the president's bio from memory. >> he was born in hawaii and he was the first african-american and born in 1961. >> i don't think he's taking sides when he runs for president. he plans to represent both major parties. >> i like democrat and republican presidents. >> so it may be up to this loudoun county history buff to bring both sides together. in leesburg, virginia, david culver, news 4. >> there is massive interest in hillary clinton's new gig. she's joining the lucrative public speaking circuit and just signed on with the harry walker agency. the company also handles her husband's speaking engagements. she retired as secretary of state. she's the most popular political

figure in the country. eevo, extravaganza virgin oil. >> but just because the bottle says extra-virgin doesn't mean the oil makes the grade. liz? >> extra-virgin olive oil has been produced for centuries. there are international rules that define what oil can be called extra-virgin. when you pay extra bucks for extra-virgin you may be buying a fraud. olives grown in the sun and then pressed and processed just the right way make extra-virgin olive oil. the golden green stream that flavors your food and lightens your wallet. carey kelley owns a boutique olive oil shop. each virgin oil taste tested before it's sold. >> first you want a sense of aroma and really smell the fruit. >> international standards define extra-virgin. the oil must be extracted from fresh olives. it must meet strict taste, smell

and chemical composition standards. with more consumers cooking with it, extra-virgin at $12 a bottle is getting extra shelf space at local groceries and more specialty shops are selling the liquid gold for as much as $48 a bottle. >> producing extra-virgin olive oil is labor intensive and very expensive. the temptation for fraud is huge. >> the fraud that officials worry about is labelling the oil extra-virgin when it doesn't meet the standards. >> there's three positive things you look for olive oil. fruitiness, bitterness and pungency. >> he tested 186 extra olive oil samples from grocery stores and specialty stores in california using international standards. >> and nobody is pulling olive oil off the shelf and testing it. when we did that we found a lot it wasn't very good. >> in fact uc davis found of the

five top selling imported extra-virgin olive oil brands sold in california, 73% of the samples failed the international sensory standards for extra-virgin. uc davis says the failed oils were oxidized, of poor quality and adulterated with cheaper refined oils. >> it was low grade, defective off flavored olive oil being sold to consumers as top grade extra-virgin olive oil inner loop if your palette doesn't know extra-virgin from any other oil what difference does it make? if extra-virgin on the label is not extra-virgin in the bottle, you're getting ripped off in the pocketbook. charles run the quality monitoring program for the decht agriculture. oil importers can ask for their seal of approval. >> it has to meet a very high

level of chemical and flavor and smell profiles to be able to make that grade. >> but the program is voluntary and only one proil ducer has asked for the usda seal. so today when you spend extra bucks for extra-virgin -- >> nobody is out there minding the store. if you're going spend that kind of money you deserve to get a good quality oil. >> really good quality extra-virgin. it tastes like fresh olives, peppery, grassy, strong, color is not an indicator. best if younger than a year old. not every bottle gives you a harvest date. >> now i'm lost. >> don't be lost. >> taste it. make sure you know what you're tafgt. >> little milo is in a whole lot of trouble and so are his owners after an incident between two neighbors heads to court. >> coming up on news 4

. the man accused of slapping a toddler on an airplane is out of a job today. 60-year-old joe hundley has been fired from his job as an executive at agy aerospace and defense. the idaho native is facing federal assault charges after he allegedly use ad racial slur then slapped a crying baby on a plane. the boy is 2. the incident happened two weeks ago aboard a delta flight from

minneapolis to atlanta. hundley has pleaded not guilty. he face as year in jail if convicted. later this month a dog will actually be on trial for biting a child. the little boy in massachusetts need hours of surgery, 400 stitches. a warning now, you might find some of the next images disturbing. >> reporter: the pictures are too hard for dawn to look at. her little boy is still recovering. >> he had to have over 400 surgeries. he was in surgery for two hours. it was just a horrific time. it was just awful. >> reporter: dawn's neighbor was babysitting the little boy at the time. he was brought inside the neighbor's home and apparently walked right over to 3-year-old milo. it all happened in an instant. >> it's turned my son's life around. he can't go out the recess. he can't participate in gym.

he can't participate in karate classes. he went weekly. >> reporter: milo is a rescue dog, a pointer hound mutt. his owner didn't want to talk on camera but said the family is taking full responsibility calling this a tragic extent and adding the dog has never caused any trouble to neighbors before, stressing he is not a dangerous, vicious dog. the board will meet at the end of the month and with the public's input will determine what happens next. >> we'll make a decision whether the animal will be declared dangerous or not. >> reporter: the owner says i don't see how euthanizing is going to heal dawn's little boy. this dispute have left neighbors on opposite sides of the fence. designee went from this normal, active, healthy 6-year-old boy who has nightmares every night.